Angkrish Raghuvanshi Biography – An U19 Cricketer: Hailing from a sports background family, the Delhi-born Angkrish Raghuvanshi moved to Mumbai and stayed away from his family, and become an aggressive opening batsman for the Under-19 Indian cricket team.
Raghuvanshi might have not used much of his energy to compromise his family to pick cricket as his career. Raghuvanshi receives a lot of support from his parents who represented India in different sports.
With former all-rounder Abhishek Nayar as his coach, Raghuvanshi moved to Mumbai and stayed with him.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi Biography – Overview
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Angkrish Raghuvanshi
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| Date of Birth | June 05, 2005 |
| Hometown | Delhi |
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Family
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Father – Avneesh Raghuvanshi
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Mother – Malika
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Brother – Krishang Raghuvanshi
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| Martial Status | Unmarried |
| Girlfriend | Unknown |
| Professional | Cricketer |
| Nationality | India |
| Batting Style |
Right-hand bat
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| Bowling Style |
Slow left-arm orthodox
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| Teams Played |
India Under-19, India A Under-19, Mumbai U-19, India E Under-19, Delhi Capitals
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| Coach | Abhishek Nayar, Vinayak Mane(Apollo Cricket Club) |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi biography
- He was born in Delhi, India, on May 6, 2005.
- Raghuvanshi comes from a family of athletes. His father, Avneesh, was a tennis player for India, while his mother, Malika, was a basketball player for the country.
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s parents took a tough decision to send him to Mumbai to live and train with former all-rounder Abhishek Nayar.
- Raghuvanshi was referred to Nayar by former Mumbai opener Sahil Kukreja, who happens to be his uncle.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi Cricket Career
- Raghuvanshi stayed at Nayar’s Powai residence ever since he set base in Mumbai.
- Raghuvanshi, who played for Swami Vivekanand International School, Borivli in the U-16 Harris Shield, was part of Mumbai’s U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy-winning team in 2019.
- At four matches of the U-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021 in Ahmedabad in September and October, Raghuvanshi made 214 runs (two half-centuries).
- He scored 141 runs in five matches for India ‘E’ in the U-19 Challenger Trophy 2021 in Ahmedabad.
- On March 23, 2021, in YGCL U16 Championship 2021 tournament Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 143 runs from 75 deliveries and leads Sanjeevani Cricket Academy to beat Nerul Gymkhana Cricket Academy(opponent) by 119 runs.
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi was named in India U19 A squad for the Triangular Series 2021 where the Bangladesh U19 team features with the India U19 B team.
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- Raghuvanshi got a chance to play in a single match against India U19 B where the opening batsman scored 28 runs off 40 deliveries.
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- Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been a part of the ACC U19 Asia Cup 2021 winning squad.
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- Raghuvanshi has an average season in the Asia Cup 2021 tournament. He scored 109 runs off 5 matches he appeared.
- Raghuvanshi scored his highest(56*) of the tournament in the final match against Sri Lanka U19 where India won the match by 9 wickets with the DLS method (target revised to 102 after match reduced to 38 overs per side due to rain).
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- Angkrish Raghuvanshi was included in the Under 19 World Cup 2022 Squad where Yash Dhull led the side.
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- In the group match against Ireland U19, Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 79 runs for 79 balls and scored 164 runs opening partnership on joining hands with Harnoor Singh.
- In the next match against Uganda U19, Angkrish Raghuvanshi registered his maiden ICC T20 WC 2022 century and went on to score 144 runs from 120 deliveries where India U19 won the game by 326 runs.
- In the Quarter-Final 2 match against Bangladesh U19, Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 44 runs and paved the way to beat the Bangladesh U19 by 5 wickets. Notably, Angkrish’s 44 is the team’s individual high score.
- In the five games so far, he has collected 278 runs at an average of 55.60 while opening the innings for India.
- He has scored a fifty and a hundred in those 278 runs. His score of 144 off 120 balls against Uganda was highly praised by the cricket experts which earned a name for himself.
- The opener also contributed 44 runs in a successful chase of 112 against Bangladesh in Antigua on Saturday that took India to the U-19 World Cup semi-finals.
- His 79 against Ireland was also a crucial one for the team. He is India’s highest run-scorer in the tournament so far.
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Angkrish Raghuvanshi IPL Career
IPL 2024
Angkrish Raghuvanshi, one of the youngest batter joined Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of INR 20 lakhs at the IPL 2024 mini-auction.
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- Angkrish Raghuvanshi made his IPL Debut for Kolkata Knight Riders on March 29, 2024, in a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
- He Smashed 54 runs on 27 deliveries including five fours and three sixes during the IPL 2024 match against Delhi Capitals on April 03. KKR posted a score of 272 runs and defeated DC by 106 runs.
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 24 runs on 18 deliveries during the match against CSK on April 8 where the side suffered defeat in the home ground.
- During the match against Super Giants, he missed the spotlight as he was dismissed for seven runs by Mohsin Khan. But the side managed to secure victory by 8 wickets on April 14.
- In the match against RR on April 16, he smashed 30 runs on 18 balls including 5 fours.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi Batting Stats
| Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s | |
| Overview | 9 | 9 | 385 | 144 | 48.12 | 82.26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 6 |
IPL Stats
| M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| IPL | 5 | 115 | 54 | 28.75 | 166.67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi Bowling Stats
| Mat | Inns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | |
| Overview | 9 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1/4 | 7.5 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
IPL Stats
| M | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| IPL | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
